South Ferry station (IRT elevated)
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South Ferry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Former New York City Subway station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() The terminal in 1931 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Address | South Ferry Bus Loop New York, NY 10004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locale | Lower Manhattan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°42′05.6″N 74°00′49″W / 40.701556°N 74.01361°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Division | A (IRT)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Services | IRT Second Avenue Line IRT Third Avenue Line IRT Sixth Avenue Line IRT Ninth Avenue Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms, 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | April 5, 1877 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | December 22, 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023 | [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | out of 423 Battery Place (Sixth & Ninth Ave.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next south | (Terminus) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The South Ferry station was an
Battery Park at the lower tip of Manhattan, New York City
. Two tracks came from the combined Second and Third Avenue Lines, and two from the Sixth and Ninth Avenue Lines, making four tracks at the terminal, with platforms on the outside and between each pair of tracks (no platform in the center).
The station was right above access to various ferries at
Battery Place
.
The first elevated station at South Ferry was opened April 5, 1877 by the
New York Elevated Railroad. It had one island platform between two tracks and was operated as an extension of the company's Ninth Avenue Line. The tracks were later continued straight into the company's Third Avenue Line, which opened August 26, 1878. The four-track station, opened March 1879, was built to provide an adequate terminal for both lines. It was located on a very short branch line, at right angles to the old station, facing toward the ferry terminals. Later the Second and Sixth Avenue Lines also used the terminal. A fire at the station in 1919 damaged the Whitehall Street Terminal.[3][4]
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Ridership on the Els began to decline as subway stations were replacing them. The Sixth Avenue Line was eliminated from the station in 1938,South Ferry subway station.
References
- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ISBN 9781439647066.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ "Manhattan East Side Transit Alternatives (MESA): Major Investment Study/Draft Environmental Impact Statement, August 1999". Metropolitan Transportation Authority, United States Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration. August 1999. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ "Discontinuance of service Second Avenue elevated line". nytm.pastperfectonline.com. New York City Board of Transportation. 1942. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
- ^ Parke, Richard H. (December 23, 1950). "Old 'El' Link End Its 72-Year Uproar — Lower East Side Residents Are Happy and Mission Head Now Expects to Sleep" (PDF). New York Times. p. 30. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
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